In this exercise, we'll review the fundamentals of the Lasso tools.…I've saved my changes as Alternative eye color.psd.…Those lines look too much like a target to me, and I'm not interested in harming…this frog, so I am going to turn the lines layer off.…I have the original frog layer selected.…Let's say I want to select this forward foot down here, so I'll go ahead and…Zoom in on it, and then I'll grab the Lasso tool.…Now, notice that you can get to the Lasso tool by pressing the L key.…The default lasso is just called the Lasso tool.…

It's a Free Form Selection tool, and all you do is just drag around inside the…image in order to select a region.…Now, it's pretty difficult to control your actions, because you're ultimately…relying on your coordination and the precision of your pointing device, which in…my case is the mouse.…Notice that I've arrived at the perimeter of my Image Window, so I can't really…get to the rest of the foot.…Well, if that happens to you, then all you need to do is keep your mouse…

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11/4/2011

Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Fundamentals is the introductory installment of Deke McClelland's four-part series on making photorealistic compositions in Photoshop. The course shows how to make selections, refine the selections with masks, and then combine them in new ways, using layer effects, blend modes, and other techniques to create a single seamless piece of artwork. Deke introduces the Channels panel and the alpha channel, the key to masking and transparency in Photoshop; reviews the selection tools, including the Color Range tool , Quick Mask mode, and the Refine Edge command; and shows how to blend masked images so they interact naturally.